Thursday, August 14, 2014

09 Gio Aguilar - Alex Ross

Alex Ross is a well known American
comic book artist. Normally, comic style art tends to be two dimensional,
animated, and cartoonish.What
Alex Ross does is that he takes comic art to whole another level.He draws or paints these comic
superheroes such as Batman and Superman, and makes theses characters look as
realistic as possible rather than a two dimensional cartoon look.One particular piece that I like from
Alex Ross is his Superman painting.

This painting of Superman is not
the typical cartoon look, but it looks more realistic, and more three
dimensional.You can see the
different shades of the skin tone that looks almost as realistic as a real
human being’s skin tone.Also the
folds of his clothing look realistic as well.This painting almost shows what the character Superman would
look like if he actually existed in real life.Also the black background gives the character so much
contrast that it is making him shine. Another painting I that also has that
high contrast is the painting of the Joker and Harley Quinn.This is another comic character
painting that looks realistic. Also the brightness of the red and white really
stand out on both characters. Both are amazing pieces that take away the
traditional comic style of art, and are instead turned into a more darker, and
a more realistic painting.